Gas stove



Dec. 11, 1928. 1,694,839

w. L. BRQOKS Filed Feb. 214 "1928 5' SW00 wL.EPEIDk5 Patented Dec. 11, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,694,839 PATENT oFF c-EJf WILLIAM L. BROOKS, OF ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA.

GAS STOVE.

Application filed February 21, 1928. Serial No. 256,025.

pearance and will be provided with means to prevent persons standing or passing near the heater reaching the flame with consequent serious injury. The invention also provides a structure in which efiicient circulation of the heated air currents will be attained, and other objects of the invention will appear incidentally in the course of the following description. 1

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the heater,

and

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same.

In carrying out the invention, there are provided end plates 1, preferably of sheet metal, each of which has a short lateral extension 2 at each of its lower corners. Ex-

, tending between the outer edges of the cor- 80 responding extensions are'side strips 3 and secured in'any approved manner to the extensions 2 and the side strips 3 at the junctions of the same are legs 4: whereby-the device will be supported in spaced relation to the floor of the room to provide an open space through which air may pass to the burners and to rise through the device so as to cause circulation of the heat through and "from the structure, The upper corners of the end plates 1 are connected by upper side strips 5 which may be ornamental as desired and are provided with inwardly projecting flanges 6 along their upper edges, as shown in Fig. 2. Resting on the flanges 6 and extending over the entire top of the structure is a cover 7 having openings 8 therethrough so that hot air rising through the device may escape into the room. The side edges of the cover are formed into beads 9 to impart an ornamental appearance to the heater and ornamental cap nuts 10 may be fitted on the ends of the securing bolts to further add to the attractive appearance of the device.v It will be understood that the parts thus far described constitute a housing in which the burners, indicated conventionally at 11, are

disposed and the burners are arranged in two longitudinal series at opposite sides of the central longitudinal plansof the housing, the fuel being supplied to the burners through longitudinal pipes 12 eachhaving one end extended through one end plate -1 and equipped with a cut-off valve 13 in the usual manner. A main supply pipe 14.leading from a supply tank or from the street main communicates with the burner pipes 12 a through the valves in an obvious manner.

Attached to the upper edgesof the side strips 3 are bottom plates which extend in a;

general upward direction inwardly from said strips and have their inner edge portions fitted about the several burners, as indicated at 15. These plates extend obliquely downwardly and outwardly from their inner edge portions to provide inclined portions 16 which have their upper surfaces highly polished so that they constitute reflectors whereby to throw out into the room any heat currents which may radiate thereover from the burner tips and the outer portions of these plates extend downwardly, as shown at 17, for a short distance and then extend outwardly to provide shelves 18 extending to and resting upon the edges of the side strips I thus provide a, lower partition which serves as a cover for thebottom portion of the casing'an'd prevents objects falling onto the burner pipes to damage the same and cause leaks which might result disastrously. The peculiar formation of these partitions also aids inimparting an attrac-, tive finish to the heater. edges ofthe low-er partitions are stepped or rabbeted, as shown at 19, andiextending be- The extreme inner I tween the end plates and abutting these 1 stepped terminals are upright backing plates 20 of sheet metal which serve as supports for asbestos mats 21, the lower edges of themats being seated in the stepped portions 19, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. These mats may be secured to the backing plates 20 in any 'ap-' proved manner, and in order to guard against buckling of the backing plates, said plates are doubled upon themselves at their centers to form ribs or flanges 22 extending from end to end thereof. For a like purpose, the upper end portions of the backing plates are doubled upon themselves, as shown at 28, and are then extended inwardly to provide atop plate 24 having central openings 25 formed therethrough. It will be noted that the burner tips i will be deflected inwardly within the housing 11 are disposed adjacent and at the outer sides of the mats 21 so that the flame formed at the tips will play over the mats which will become incandescent and glow so that a large heat radiating surface will bebe acquired and the heater, when in use, will give an appearanceol':

warmth and cheerfulness which is greatly to be desired. The openings 25 through the top plate 24: permit the currents rising through the housing to pass upwardly between the backing plates 20:and out to the cover 7 to cape through the openings 8 in the latter, and to reduce the buckline eflect upon the cover a reinforcing plate or shell 26 issecured to the under side of the same and extends between the end plates 1 immediately over the vertical planes of the backing plates and the mats. The lower edges of the upper side strips 5 are formed into rev-entrant flanges 27, and flanges on the lower edges of hood )latesor deflectors 29 areinterlocked with said re-entrant flanges. The hood plates 29 are provided at their ends with flanges 30 which bear against the end plates 1 of the housing and may be riveted or otherwise rigidly secured; thereto. The plates 29 converge upwardly and inwardly and terminate substantially in the verticalplanes of the mats 21 at points midway between the mats andthe cover 7. It willbe noted also that thelower. edges of theupper side strips 5 are in a horizontalplane slightly below the horizontal plane of the upper edges of the mats and any heated currents which are not diverted into the room through the openingsbetween the respective strips 3, and

and then permitted to escape through the P n n Fenders are secured to and extend between the end plates 1 across the open spaces between the respective side strips 3 and 5, and these fenders consist of longitudinal rods or stout wires 31, having their ends secured to the endplates in any approved manner, and vertical rodsor wires 32 attached rigidly to the horizontal wires at intervals along the latter. The wires 31 are bowed inwardly at or immediately adjacent their ends, while the vertical wires 32 are bowedinwardly at their upperand lower ends so that the fenders will be offset outwardly from the housing and will also be so formed that they are not aptto catch in the clothing of persons standing or passing near the heater. The offset formation will tend to prevent persons coming into con tact with the heater accidentally and, conse quently, the liability of persons being burnt is minimized.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that I have provided an exceedingly simple and attractive device by the use of which a large room may be quickly heated and easily maintained at a comfortable temperature. Inasmuch as the device stove with justhalf the heat ifyou so desired.

The construction of combining two burners in one stove operated at will makes a novel construction. The stove may be set in a pal tition, as in an otlice, and the room at either side 0t thepartition heated without afiecting theroom at the other side.

Having thus, described the invention, I claim:

1. A heater comprising an open bottom casing having lower side strips extending: from end to end, partitions attached: attheir outer edges to the upper edges of said side strips, and extending upwardly and inwardly therefrom, the inner edges-of said partitions being stepped and spaced transversely otthe casing, backing plates extending from endito end of the casing and abutti g the stepped inner edges of the partitiona lieat radiating mats seated at their lower edges in the stepped edges of the partitions and supported by said: plates, andburners mountedwin the casing.below the partitions and rising through the inner edge portionsof the partitions at the outer sides of the radiating mats.

2. A heatel: comprising a. casing. having openings in its opposite sides, heatrra iating element-s, extending, from end: to, end of the casing in the horizontal planesof said openings, burners supported, in the casing adjacent the lower edges and theouter sides of v saidheat-radiating elements, and fen'dersexr. tending from endto end oflthe casing across the openings in thev sides thereqfand consisting of longitudinal elements having their ends offset outwardlyirom the casing, and similarly spaced verticalleleinents,carried by the longitudinal elements a and, having, their, ends bowed inwardly toward the casing.

3. A heater comprisinga casing having an open bottom and having up er and lower side strips, extending from en to, end thereq heat-radiating Inepibers extendin froinen to end of the casing and spaced inwardly from the side strips, upwardly and inwardly converging deflectors attached at their outer lower edges, to thelower edges of the upper 4. A heater comprising an open bottom casing, upper and lower side strips connecting the ends of the casing, partitions extending inwardly from the upper edges of the lower side strips and terminating inspaced relation to the medial longitudinal plane of the casing, radiating members extending from end to end of the casing along the inner edges of said partitions and roviding a central circulating space, reinforcing ribs on the inner opposed sides of said radiating members, a top plate connecting the upper ends of said members and having openings therethr'ough, a cover over the casing and spaced vertically from the radiating members and top plate and having openings through its edge portions, a reinforcing plate on the under side of the cover along the medial longitudinal line thereof, deflectors extending inwardly and upwardly from the lower edges of the upper side strips with their upper edges over the upper ends of the radiating members and spaced vertically from said members and from the cover, and burners located adjacent the lower edges of said radiating members at the outer sides of the same.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

WILLIAM L. BROOKS. [L. s] 

